1976: Richard Haines served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador in Chalatenango, Comalapa, La Laguna beginning in 1976



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Richard Haines can be contacted at Haines44atdsdnet

Country of Service: El Salvador

Training Group: January 1976

Cities you served in: Chalatenango, Comalapa, La Laguna

Arrival Year: 1976

Departure Year: 1977

Work Description:

Agricultural extension; multiple cropping, pastures and forage, reforestation, fruit

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:

Hosting exchange students from all over the place (15 years)

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:

If I hadn't gone there, I wouldn't be here. I would be somewhere else, with a different family.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Jeff Franklin, my roomate in La Laguna for a few months

Any message for returned volunteers?:

They'll work it out for themselves

Originally posted: April 4, 2008

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